Ti

Background Information

• Location: Makaha Valley floor, huge patch

• Ancient uses: Wrapping foods, thatch for housing, lei making, ropes, sandals to cross lava fields, used to ward of spirits, used with other plants for medicine, placed on body to decrease fever, roots are rich in fruitose and can be cooked for a sweet treat 

• Modern uses: lei making, ornamental plant

• Scientific Name: Cordyline fruticosa

• Status: Plenty